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LONDON: Arsenal’s German Mesut Ozil (top) goes over in a tangle with Hull City’s English defender Liam Rosenior (below) during the English football match between Arsenal and Hull City yesterday. — AFP Arsenal maintain their four-point lead

Bendtner allowing , McGregor soon had to save a Huddlestone flashed across the , and Olivier close-range shot from Laurent Arsenal box before Chester headed English Premier League table Arsenal 2 Giroud to rest on the bench. Koscielny as Arsenal dominated and wide from a corner. The last chance of LONDON: English Premier League table after yesterdayís matches (played, won, drawn, lost, Hull, 2-1 winners at the Emirates in Bendtner almost doubled the lead the half was Arsenal’s, with Ozil head- goals for, goals against, points): September 2008, made two alter- when the Scotland goalkeeper could ing a Bendtner cross wide, but he Arsenal 14 11 1 2 29 10 34 14 5 3 6 20 19 18 ations to the side that beat Liverpool not hold on to Germany playmaker doubled the scoring within two sec- Chelsea 14 9 3 2 28 14 30 Hull 14 5 2 7 12 18 17 Hull o 3-1 on Sunday-the East Yorkshire Ozil’s shot. Bendtner was first to the ond-half minutes. Monreal only just Man City 14 9 1 4 40 14 28 West Brom 14 3 6 5 17 19 15 club’s first win over the Merseysiders loose ball but was too clumsy trying kept the ball in play in the build up Liverpool 14 8 3 3 30 17 27 Stoke 14 3 5 6 12 18 14 Everton 14 7 6 1 22 13 27 14 3 5 6 11 20 14 in their history-with to take it past McGregor and ended but Ramsey’s reverse pass gave Ozil Tottenham 14 7 3 4 13 15 24 Norwich 14 4 2 8 12 28 14 LONDON: A goal early in each half and Danny Graham coming in for the up putting it wide. Yannick Sagbo just enough goal to aim at and he Newcastle 14 7 2 5 19 21 23 West Ham 14 3 4 7 12 15 13 from and Mesut Ozil suspended Curtis Davies and Robert failed to connect with a decent ball to slipped the ball effortlessly past Southampton 14 6 4 4 18 13 22 Fulham 14 3 1 10 12 26 10 allowed Arsenal to maintain their Koren, who dropped to the bench. the back post as Hull retaliated for the McGregor. Man Utd 14 6 4 4 22 18 22 Crystal Palace 14 3 1 10 8 22 10 four-point advantage at the top of the Bendtner had not started an Arsenal first time but Arsenal were soon back The goalkeeper again did well to Aston Villa 14 5 4 5 16 16 19 Sunderland 14 2 2 10 11 28 8 Premier League table by beating Hull game in the Premier League since in control, with Koscielny scooping deny Ramsey and Bendtner’s header City 2-0 at the yes- March 2011 but needed just 90 sec- over from a corner and from the corner was headed off the terday. The hosts made five changes onds to open the scoring. Aaron too high with a drive from outside line by . Arsenal goal- Chelsea win thriller from the side that had won 3-0 at Ramsey’s pass allowed Jenkinson to the box. keeper Wojciech Szczesny was hurt Cardiff City on Saturday, with Carl launch a pacy cross from the right McGregor did well to tip a better when Sagbo slid in and caught his since scoring for Hull in a victory over Jenkinson replacing the injured and the Denmark forward timed his Ramsey effort round a post but Hull head but he was soon able to contin- Manchester City almost four years ago. and Tomas Rosicky, run perfectly to head it past Allan began to enjoy some possession and ue and the Pole saved a shot from Sunderland 3 Chelsea were level within three minutes, Nacho Monreal, and McGregor in the Hull goal. a dangerous cross from Tom Jake Livermore shortly afterwards. Sunderland this time guilty of some lax defending as they failed to deal with ’s corner, a poor clearance from Ki Sung Suarez shines Chelsea 4 Yueng finding its way to Hazard inside the area. The Belgian international easily found his way past Craig Gardner to tee up a per- as Liverpool SUNDERLAND: kept Chelsea fect cross to the near post, where Frank hot on the heels of Premier League leaders Lampard, allowed a free run by Dossena, Arsenal as the Belgian’s dazzling display was left with the simple task of heading past rout Norwich inspired a thrilling 4-3 victory at Sunderland , registering his 208th goal for yesterday. A ninth consecutive victory at the the club. Philippe Coutinho returned to the ensured Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea didn’t have to wait much longer starting line-up against Norwich men remain four points behind Arsenal after before completing a first-half comeback, Liverpool 5 after only being fit enough for a they fought back from a goal down to add taking the lead nine minutes before the place on the bench at Hull. After to the relegation worries of the hosts. interval. It came from Hazard, who picked conceding three goals for the sec- Hazard embellished a man-of-the-match up possession on the left, cut inside ond successive game, Rodgers display by scoring in each half, but it was Bardsley and Gardner with minimum fuss Norwich 1 also switched around his defence, only when put through his and found the bottom corner with an with Kolo Toure axed to make way own goal, inadvertently sliding home sub- angled drive from 18 yards. Fernando Torres for , who was stitute Demba Ba’s cross with six minutes should have stretched the lead, but delayed Luis Suarez proved LIVERPOOL: dropped at the KC Stadium. left, that Chelsea could start to enjoy a hard- long enough to allow John O’Shea to inter- once again he is one of the world’s Liverpool looked nervous in the fought victory, their third away in the league vene after the Spanish forward was put finest strikers with four goals that opening exchanges against a this season. through on goal by Lampard’s perfectly- were the cornerstone of Norwich side fresh from a win over Even then, there was time for Bardsley to weighted through ball. Liverpool’s 5-1 Premier League struggling Crystal Palace. But they partially atone, firing home from close range Rather than the second-half providing an thrashing of Norwich at Anfield soon settled, in the 15th minute, LIVERPOOL: Liverpool’s Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez shoots after the visitors failed to clear an 86th immediate platform for Chelsea to build on yesterday. The Uruguay striker when Suarez broke the deadlock towards goal during the English Premier League football match minute corner, to ensure a nervy finale. In their advantage, Sunderland were level needed just 34 first-half minutes in devastating fashion. Norwich between Liverpool and Norwich City at Anfield yesterday. — AFP the first of three consecutive league games within five minutes of the re-start thanks to to smash his hat-trick and added goalkeeper John Ruddy would box and then drilled his shot low curl a 25-yard free-kick right-foot- against sides in the bottom five, Chelsea more sub-standard defending from the visi- his fourth goal with a spectacular have been disappointed with a across the box and in at Ruddy’s ed over the Norwich wall and seemed to initially ignore the warning from tors. Emmanuele Giaccherini’s low corner 74th-minute free-kick as Liverpool goal-kick that made it only as far as left-hand post. Liverpool contin- beyond Ruddy’s dive into the top Mourinho that their hosts were in a false should have been easily dealt with, but rampaged back to form. Martin Skrtel. When the centre-half ued to press after the restart and left corner. position, as Sunderland took a 14th minute It was his third hat-trick against headed the ball straight back somehow made its way through to O’Shea, could have added a fourth in the Norwich pulled a goal back in lead through Jozy Altidore. allowing the defender to stab home the Norwich in the last four clashes towards the Kop end, Suarez 51st minute when captain Steven the 83rd minute when Bradley The deadlock-breaking effort owed between the sides and the first equaliser from six yards, despite the efforts allowed it to bounce twice before Gerrard stooped to head a cross Johnson glanced a header from a much to some poor defending from John time in Premier League history any taking it in his stride to smash a 35- of Terry to clear from the goal-line. goal-bound, but Ryan Bennett deep cross beyond helpless Terry, who failed to push out when Andrea player has bagged three trebles yard right-footed shot past Ruddy. With Hazard excelling, it came as little cleared off the line. Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Dossena’s free-kick was blocked, playing against the same team. Suarez lift- Suarez’s second goal, in the surprise when he restored Chelsea’s lead Liverpool midfielder Jordan Mignolet. But Liverpool restored three Sunderland players onside as Jack ed his total for the season to 13 28th minute, was equally as clini- with the pick of the evening’s goals shortly Henderson, who had fired wide their four-goal lead when Raheem Colback’s routine pass back into the area goals and proved Liverpool’s cal, although this time he deliv- after the hour. Drifting in from the left, he with a long-range effort in the first Sterling, who had done little all found Altidore, named in the starting line- Premier League title challenge ered the final blow with his left made light of two would-be markers to half, tried his luck again from dis- evening, pounced form close up for a league game for the first time in could be maintained without his foot after swivelling just inside the accept a return pass back-heeled by tance in the 56th minute, but range in the 88th minute. more than a month. injured strike partner Daniel six-yard box to meet Coutinho’s Lampard to meet his run into the area. There Ruddy tipped the effort over the Liverpool face a tough December, The United States international turned in Sturridge. corner. Anfield was positively was still plenty to do, but the former Lille crossbar. Suarez was not finished with clashes against Tottenham, one fluid movement to beat Petr Cech Liverpool manager Brendan buzzing just six minutes later player floated effortlessly past two more with his hunt for goals, trying to Manchester City and Chelsea, so inside the goalkeeper’s right-hand post with Rodgers had demanded an instant when Suarez returned to his right squeeze one in for an acute angle this performance was just what defenders to comprehensively beat response from his side after a dis- foot to claim the hat-trick. The a powerful left-foot finish to finally get off Mannone with a powerful finish from 15 in the 63rd minute, but it drifted they needed to fire a signal that the mark in the league following a £6.5 mil- mal 3-1 defeat at Hull City on striker had made Leroy Fer look inches wide of Ruddy’s right-hand their hopes of qualifying for the yards. In a frenetic finish, Bardsley then took lion move from the Dutch club AZ Alkmaar Sunday, and his players delivered leaden-footed when he flicked the post. He finally added his fourth, Champions League are still very centre stage at both ends, but Chelsea did with his first goal in the Premier League in style at Anfield. Playmaker ball over him on the edge of the in the 73rd minute, stepping up to much alive. — AFP just enough to merit a crucial victory. — AFP